"Los Viejos Estandartes" | Anthem of the Chilean Army

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TITLE: "Los Viejos Estandartes" (Eng: The Old Banners)
PERFORMED BY: Chilean Military Band
MUSIC: Guillermo "Willy" Bascuñán
LYRICS: Jorge Inostroza
YEAR: 1966

🇬🇧 The march was inspired by the return of General Manuel Baquedano to the city of Valparaiso in 1881, at the end of the Pacific War in which Chile fought against Bolivia and Peru. The anthem composed in 1966 was used in official military ceremonies until it was officially adopted in 1976.

🇷🇺 Этот марш был вдохновлен возвращением генерала Мануэля Бакедано в город Вальпараисо в 1881 году, в конце Второй Тихоокеанской войны, в которой Чили воевала против Боливии и Перу. Гимн, составленный в 1966 году, использовался в официальных военных церемониях до тех пор, пока не был официально принят в 1976 году.

🇪🇸 La marcha "Los Viejos Estandartes" fue inspirada por el regreso del general Manuel Baquedano a la ciudad de Valparaíso en 1881, al final de la Guerra del Pacífico en la que Chile combatió contra Bolivia y Perú. El himno compuesto en 1966 fue utilizado en ceremonias militares oficiales hasta que fue oficialmente adoptado en 1976.
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Lyrics (ENGLISH):
The thunder of cannons ceased
The trenches are already silent,
and along the northern roads
the battalions return,
the squads return,
to Chile and his old loves.

On their victorious banners
They bring back a thousand memories of glory;
bullets tore their silks
and its stars show
and its stars show
honorable scars of war.

They cross under triumphal arches,
after his brave generals,
and although they are injured
they march martial,
They go smiling virilely,
and return undefeated,

The old banners pass
who fought in battles,
and soaked in blood
the soldiers led
and they covered the dead
like noble shrouds.

There go the bronze infantry,
iron artillery, fire!
and to the wind their sabers and spears,
silver cavalry, attack!